Inspiration/Motivation

Once you get used to thinking more positively and living a positive and optimistic life, you can start sharing this with others. Helping others to think more positively is a wonderful way to surround yourself with happy, content people who will lift you up just as much as you lift them up. Here are some helpful tips for helping others with their own positive thinking. Become a Beacon of Hope and Positivity There is no better way than showing by example. Without saying a thing, people will know when you have become a more positive person. Suddenly, your Facebook posts are about optimism and light, instead of blue, sad, and depressing updates. When they are around you, you always have a smile on your face, and when something negative happens to you, you always have a way to be positive about it. This is what others will see, and soon…

If you want to be a more positive person, sometimes it just takes appreciating the good that is already in your life. This can be done by expressing gratitude. Here are some different ways you can express gratitude every day. 1. Become an Active Leader If you want to be more grateful of others and show your gratitude, be an active listener. This means not just hearing what someone says, but really absorbing what they are telling you. Don’t use your phone when someone is talking to you. Look them in the eyes and take in what they are telling you. This is active listening and shows the other person that you care about what they have to say. 2. Express Gratitude in Your Journal As mentioned previously, many people like to show gratitude is by writing it down in their journal. This is something you can do every day, by writing…

As you have learned from our previous blog posts on the subject – and if you are following along with our Positive Thinking Challenge – thinking positively every day has many benefits. It helps with your emotional and physical health, from improving your daily life and relieving stress, to actually helping with your physical health and wellbeing. If you want to learn how to think more positively every day, here are some tips to get started. Have More Confidence in Your Own Abilities More often than not, a lot of your negative thoughts are related to fears you have about your own abilities, and not at all rational. You may be like me. I talk myself out of doing a lot of things because I have major self-doubt. Are a lot of your negative thoughts during the day related to how you think you are failing, or in ways, you…

We have been talking about how to turn negative thoughts into positive ones, but it isn’t always as easy as just putting a positive spin on it. Sometimes, you are just having a terrible day and are completely consumed by one derailment after another. These are the days when you need to think a little out of the box if you still want to be a positive person who thinks optimistically about everything in life. Here are some tips for reframing those negative thoughts into positive ones, even when it seems like everything is going wrong. Why Bother? You might be wondering why you should even bother reframing your negative thoughts? Technically, you don’t need to, but it can help to maintain a positive attitude as you go through life. It is not what happens to you that defines you, but how you deal with it. Repeat after me, “it…

Thank you for joining us on day one of the Positive Thinking Challenge. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do so HERE. Today in the challenge, we were talking about making a list of reasons why you want to think more positively. So, here are some amazing reasons to be more positive every day. You Can Reduce Your Anxiety and Depression If you feel unhappy in general, or struggle with depression or anxiety, you definitely want to learn how to think more positively. While it won’t be the cure-all to these mental illnesses, it can definitely help reduce some of their side effects. If your anxiety disorder causes severe panic attacks any time you worry about a specific thing, learning how to think more positively might just help you to cope better and ease those panic attacks a little. It is also going to help you with general…